What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP of Violence Prevention and Training position at HOUSTON AREA WOMENS CENTER?
Job Details
Description
As the Vice President of Violence Prevention & Training will oversee the agency’s comprehensive violence prevention programming. This position is also responsible for managing the violence prevention and training department, its operations and staff including programming to the youth, their adult influences and a focus on communities. The vice president will conduct and oversee the agency’s internal and external training for our strategic partners and will develop strategies, monitor the effectiveness of projects and identify opportunities to support HAWC’s mission.
Your Schedule:
- Full Time
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Monday-Friday 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
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Flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays as needed.
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Work Model: Hybrid
- Local Travel: 25%
Our Total Compensation Package:
- Annual Compensation: $115,000
- Pay schedule semi-monthly
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance Programs
- Generous Paid Time Off- 11 paid holidays per year, 3 personal holidays per year, 15 paid Vacation days per year, approx. 7 hours per month of accrued Sick days.
- 401K the agency matches 125% of employee contributions up to 4% of the annual salary of a full-time employee.
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Company-paid Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
Imagine a place where your talent can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Working at Houston Area Women's Center gives you a rewarding experience in which our diverse team of employees work together as part of the empowerment of a survivor's life and at the same time part of a much larger mission. We are committed to doing the work and challenging each other to be an organization in which everyone is respected and heard. Every day we continue to embed diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity in everything we do as we provide service to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Qualifications
The Requirements We are Seeking:
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Education, Psychology, Counseling, Sociology, or Social Work, master’s degree preferred.
- A minimum of seven years of experience in providing educational services and program development in a social service setting.
- A minimum of seven years’ experience leading a team with direct reports.
- A minimum of seven years of experience developing and facilitating presentations to a variety of audiences and the ability to adapt presentations based on the audience.
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams)
- Computer savvy able to learn new systems and applications quickly.
- Bilingual in both English and Spanish, able to read, speak, and write both languages fluently- preferred.
- Professional English
- You have a valid Texas driver's license with a good driving record; reliable transportation; ability to travel to off-site locations utilizing personal transportation.
What you Deliver in this role:
- You will support and help develop the agency’s comprehensive violence prevention programming
- You will provide leadership to the Violence Prevention team by providing supervision, development and mentorship, and ongoing evaluation of program employees.
- Conduct and oversee the agency’s internal and external training for the agency’s strategic partner.
- You will identify, develop, and maintain key partnerships with organizations and agencies that align with agency’s strategic plan.
- You will monitor the effectiveness of projects and identify opportunities to support HAWC’s mission. .
- You will ensure programs utilize public health model focused on interpersonal violence including teen dating violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, and interpersonal violence.
- You will identify, develop, and maintain key partnerships with organizations and agencies,
- You will provide prevention including awareness to educate the public on the dynamics of sexual and domestic violence, its causes, and consequences, and of services available.
- You will identify emerging issues and opportunities within the community and develop, manage, and evaluate comprehensive community-based prevention programing to target the community needs.
- You will advance HAWC’s commitment to racial equity and inclusion on all levels, internally and
externally, as part of its core mission. Ensure all work is survivor-centered and rooted in racial justice. - You will monitor the effectiveness of projects and identify opportunities to support HAWC’s mission.
- You will oversee assessment protocols and work with the compliance team to ensure accountability and outcomes are achieved.
- You will do mandatory Reporting: report suspected and prior abuse/neglect to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services when appropriate.
- You will attend and complete all mandatory training for this role which includes OAG Sexual Assault Certified Training.
- Other duties as assigned.
What Skills and Assets you bring, and more:
- Excellent attention to details.
- Demonstration of professional objectivity and appreciation for confidential information.
- Ability to prioritize tasks to meet individual and team deadlines.
- Has a growth mindset and is a good team player.
- Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
- Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
- Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
- Business Acumen - Ability to grasp and understand business concepts and issues.
- Communication, Oral and Written - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word; ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
- Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
- Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
- Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
- Goal Oriented - Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
- Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
- Leadership - Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
- Relationship Building - Ability to effectively build relationships with customers and co-workers.
- Understanding and sensitivity towards the issues of sexual and domestic violence.
When you work here at HAWC you make an impact not just in the lives of the survivors and the people you help, but also make an impact in our own lives and our community. We learn and grow with a purpose where we strive to work for a common cause, which is to end domestic and sexual violence for ALL.
Salary : $115,000
